The Royal Fort, Bristol

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Question 1 – Analyse the evidence for the Royal Fort and its Park in the University guide leaflet.

I think that all guide leaflets should contain; when the building was built, why the building was built, a brief background of the history of the building, who it was built for, who built it, a map/plan of the building and grounds (if applicable), who the present owners are, families that have owned the building, unique features, significant furniture/pictures, gardens, servant quarters (if applicable) and how the building is used now.

Below is a pie chart of the proportions of the leaflet that are taken up by different topics.  (All values are in % of the leaflet)

Almost 30% of this leaflet is taken up by descriptions of the furniture and paintings, which I think is excessive as just 10% is taken up by the interesting historical features of the Royal Fort. When people visit places such as the Royal Fort, they would usually prefer to read about the interesting historical features of the building rather than the furniture, paintings and plasterwork which takes up 40% of the leaflet.

The leaflet should contain more of the following; the purpose of the building, the present use of the building and any restoration that was taken place. Also the servants’ hall in the building should be mentioned along with a map/plan of the building and its grounds.

Question 2 – Compare the evidence gained on your fieldwork with the account in the leaflet

In this question I am going to compare the evidence gained on my fieldwork with the account on the Royal Fort guide leaflet. When I did my fieldwork, I found that there were a number of factors at the Royal Fort that were omitted from the guide leaflet. For example, much of the details of the plasterwork were omitted from the leaflet along with details of the rooms in the building and the history of some of the rooms. Comparing my fieldwork and the guide leaflet shows that the details of the rooms in the Royal Fort were not sufficient. There was not much missing from the leaflet, but some factors should have been explained in more detail, for example the details of the purpose of the building today was not explained in enough detail by any means.

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Question 3 – Evaluate the written and picture sources that provide different interpretations of the Royal Fort and its Park

In this question I am going to analyse a variety of picture and written sources and suggest how they could make the interpretation of the leaflet different. In source 1, the picture shows the fort in 1762 painted by the famous artist at the time, Nicholas Pocock. In the picture you can see that the fort had lots of parkland and greenery. It is portrayed as a substantial home for the most upper class inhabitants of Bristol. ...

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